THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSIONS BASED ON NOISE RECTIFICATION.

Title: THERMOELECTRIC CONVERSIONS BASED ON NOISE RECTIFICATION.
Identifier: AAI8119649
identifier: 8119649
Creator: CERNASOV, ANDREI.
Date: 1981
Language: English
Publisher: City University of New York.
Subject: Physics, General
Abstract: The present thesis offers a complete analysis of the feasibility, operation and performance of heat engines based on the rectification of thermal noise.;Both the "close to thermodynamic equilibrium" and "far from thermodynamic equilibrium" cases are considered.;All standard thermodynamic results, including the Second Law, are found to hold for all cases.;While high efficiencies and output power densities are possible, if normal exponential type diodes are used the small physical sizes of efficient fluctuation heat engines are beyond the capabilities of today's technology.;However, no thermodynamics reasons for the weakly nonlinear character of practical diodes, like PN junctions, are found.;Since high nonlinearity can compensate for large system sizes, when highly nonlinear diodes are discovered, efficient fluctuation heat engines could become feasible.
Type: dissertation
Source: PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
degree: Ph.D.
Program: Physics